INTERMARKET ANALYSIS: When today's NYSE opening bell rang, gold trading immediately turned dull: aggressive buyers quit early. Gold trading marked time to a relatively flat close. This week's aggressive gold buyers, happy with their week's profits, began cashing out yesterday. Today's gold trading was practically a non-event. This has been a strong week for gold but from the long side it is disturbing to see a second day of sluggish trading despite continued strength in the NASDAQ 100.
6-MONTH CHART: The 50-period moving average is this week's finish line (see my July 16 post for more on gold's 6-month 50-period moving average).
6-month chart for August 2009 GLOBEX gold futures (source eSignal)
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